Bronchoscopy/lung bx each 31628 at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$1,166.69
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$4,051.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$172.97 with Hill Physicians vs $14,151.00 with Health Net — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $172.97 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $241.81 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $241.81 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $396.15 | ↓ -66% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $411.22 | ↓ -65% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $419.30 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $574.29 | ↓ -51% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $876.71 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $876.71 | ↓ -25% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,299.70 | ↑ +11% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,417.85 | ↑ +22% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,660.91 | ↑ +42% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,038.25 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,200.29 | ↑ +174% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $3,240.80 | ↑ +178% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,240.80 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,281.31 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,362.33 | ↑ +188% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,820.10 | ↑ +227% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,010.49 | ↑ +244% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $4,051.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,051.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,051.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,051.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,051.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,051.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $4,051.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,051.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $4,051.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,132.02 | ↑ +254% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $4,172.53 | ↑ +258% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,845.02 | ↑ +315% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $5,537.00 | ↑ +375% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,921.00 | ↑ +493% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $7,371.00 | ↑ +532% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,809.00 | ↑ +569% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,809.00 | ↑ +569% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,809.00 | ↑ +569% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,205.00 | ↑ +689% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $14,151.00 | ↑ +1113% |
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Bronchoscopy/lung bx each 31628 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $883.12 | $172.97 – $4,456.10 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,618.41 | $297.43 – $7,390.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,447.07 | $241.81 – $1,042.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $396.32 | $241.81 – $1,011.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $483.05 | $241.81 – $1,302.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $477.84 | $241.81 – $1,302.00 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $732.03 | $128.20 – $1,282.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $372.21 | $241.81 – $1,266.00 |